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Re: new wheels

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:18 am
by hotrodder13
plastic_orange wrote:Solvol and elbow grease :D
I've had the front ones from new though :lol:

Pete
lucky youlooks like mine were left outside from new :D when i got em

Re: new wheels

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:38 am
by bmcecosse
Let's see this polishing tool please - I need to save my elbows for shovelling coal..........

Re: new wheels

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 5:15 pm
by timmo
Yes Slots do look good :wink:[frame]Image[/frame]

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:53 pm
by issigone
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Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:46 pm
by hotrodder13
ye looks like that but red

just been to a car show again and the only prob i had was a wheel stud snapped !!!! ordered 8 new rear studs :D

and the new tyres got slighly cut on the wing lip so when i get them off to do the brakes im gona bend the lip over

what torque should ally wheels be tightend to thanks tom

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:34 pm
by PSL184
hotrodder13 wrote: what torque should ally wheels be tightend to thanks tom
No more than 45 lbs/ft on standard studs.....

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:35 pm
by hotrodder13
kk thanks :D

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:39 pm
by jonathon
jonathon wrote:Is that 215's on Minor stud pattern and studs. Might be a tad marginal. :o
just been to a car show again and the only prob i had was a wheel stud snapped !!!! ordered 8 new rear studs :D

Hmm, :D herin lies my concern :o :-?

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:15 pm
by hotrodder13
mine are only 175 haha but it could be the tyres were hitting the wing over all the bumps in the lakes :D

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:20 pm
by jonathon
:roll: :D what were you doing in the lake ? :D :wink:

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:44 pm
by hotrodder13
it was the hotrod and hills car show best one of the year i think, got my 1275 minor up kirkstone pass and over round all the wavy road, but it is an amzing place to go take pickys, (to bad i didnt get any ) :D

just re-read and i wasnt in the lake i was at the lake district

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:01 pm
by Alex'n'Ane
Well done, those are some nice wheels, and its a lovely place to drive. Jonathons comment did make me laugh though :P

Re: new wheels

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:06 pm
by hotrodder13
i had to read it twice but it was funny :D